Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 48.3% of Navarro County’s student body in 2022-23 school year

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By East Central Texas News

Dec 20, 2024

There were 5,096 Hispanic students enrolled in Navarro County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.5% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Navarro County welcomed 10,547 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 48.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Navarro County, Corsicana High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 976 students.

Texas is found to be one of the least-educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.

Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing the state's school districts. Per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.

“As a result, many districts in our very own Central Texas region are being forced to cut back on essential programs, services, consider school closures, and adopt deficit budgets just to provide students with the education that they deserve,” Hutto ISD Trustee James Matlock said.

Ethnicities in Navarro County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Navarro County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Corsicana High School	54.1	1,805
Corsicana Middle School	54.3	928
Collins Intermediate School	54.8	868
Jose Antonio Navarro Elementary School	49.4	621
Kerens School	32.6	570
Bowie Elementary School	34.6	534
Carroll Elementary School	53.4	502
Mildred High School	22.2	468
Sam Houston Elementary School	80.9	439
Blooming Grove Elementary School	31.1	428
Rice Elementary School	76.2	407
Fannin Elementary School	51.6	399
Mildred Elementary School	22.1	380
Rice Intermediate/Middle School	73.6	322
Rice High School	71	307
Dawson Elementary School	28.1	281
Blooming Grove High School	37.8	267
Dawson High School	29.8	265
Frost High School	36.3	240
Blooming Grove Junior High School	33.8	225
Frost Elementary School	44.2	215
Two Dimensions at Corsicana	38.4	73
Navarro County AEP/ABC	66.7	3